Intelligent people are just as likely to hold racist views as less intelligent
people, but are better at concealing their prejudices, a study suggests.

While those with higher cognitive scores tend to be supportive of racial
equality in principle, they were just as likely as less intelligent peers to
oppose policies aimed at tackling prejudice, the research found.

The authors said that the mismatch could be because smarter people were less
likely to admit to views that are considered socially unacceptable. Another
explanation could be that while they see equality as an ideal, it is not one
that they would